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The better portion
Author: Robert Seagrave Appears in 807 hymnals Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things
Toward heaven, thy native place:
Sun and moon and stars decay;
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.
2 Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.
3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heaven. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM
The better portion
Deut. 30:19
Author: James Montgomery Appears in 646 hymnals Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found Lyrics: 1 Oh, where shall rest be found
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.
2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh:
'Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.
3 Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years;
And all that life is love.
4 There is a death whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath:
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!
5 Lord God of truth and grace!
Teach us that death to shun;
Lest we be banished from thy face,
And evermore undone. Used With Tune: SHAWMUT
Deut. 30:19
One thing needful
Author: Doddridge Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: Worldly Pleasures First Line: Why will ye waste on trifling cares Used With Tune: BERA
One thing needful
Jesus Calls Us o'er the Tumult
Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 924 hymnals Topics: Pleasure; Pleasure Lyrics: 1 Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying, "Christian, follow me."
Jesus calls us from the worship
of the vain world's golden store,
from each idol that would keep us,
saying, "Christian, love me more."
2 In our joys and in our sorrows,
days of toil and hours of ease,
still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
"Christian, love me more than these."
Jesus calls us--by thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear thy call,
give our hearts to thine obedience,
serve and love thee best of all. Scripture: Exodus 20:3 Used With Tune: PLEADING SAVIOR
Jesus Calls Us o'er the Tumult
Broad is the road that leads to death
Author: Watts Appears in 456 hymnals Topics: Worldly Pleasures Scripture: Luke 9:23 Used With Tune: WELLS
Broad is the road that leads to death
Blessed Saviour, thee I love
Author: Rev. George Duffield, Jr., 1818-1888 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 161 hymnals Topics: Earthly Pleasures Used With Tune: SPANISH HYMN
Blessed Saviour, thee I love
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave
Author: Rev. Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,304 hymnals Topics: Earthly Pleasures Used With Tune: CRUCIFER
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave
Happiness, delightful name
Author: Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Earthly Pleasures Used With Tune: RAMOTH
Happiness, delightful name
More love to thee, O Christ!
Author: Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1818-1878 Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4 Appears in 818 hymnals Topics: Earthly Pleasures Used With Tune: DEVOTION
More love to thee, O Christ!
God Leads Us Along
Author: G. A. Young Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet Refrain First Line: Some through the waters, some through the flood Lyrics: 1 In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet,
God leads his dear children along;
where the water’s cool flow bathes the weary one’s feet,
God leads his dear children along.
Refrain:
Some through the waters, some through the flood,
some through the fire, but all through the blood;
some through great sorrow, but God gives a song,
in the night season and all the day long.
2 Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines so bright,
God leads his dear children along;
sometimes in the valley, in darkest of night,
God leads his dear children along. [Refrain]
3 Though sorrows befall us and evils oppose,
God leads his dear children along;
through grace we can conquer, defeat all our foes,
God leads his dear children along. [Refrain]
Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: GOD LEADS US
God Leads Us Along
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